De moord op Rudolf Hess

by W. Hugh Thomas

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Genres: Nonfiction, History, World War II, Military Fiction

279 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

Reviews

[Hewitt Moore · Rating 2 out of 5]

Far-fetched... The whole premise of the books is his lack of seeing a battle wound on the torso of Hess. He never gave him an examination and just briefly saw him undress.

[Samleigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

An unusual book for me to just pick up and read but I always like to surprise myself. This is basically conveying the theory, that Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s Deputy Reichsführer was murdered before being caught parachuting into Scotland. Claiming that the man they caught, who was identical to Hess wasn’t Hess. And this same pretend Hess who is named Prisoner No. 7 was just a John Doe with an uncanny likeness to Hess and was planted by Heinrich Himmler.

Hugh Thomas the author of this crime non-fiction credentials are pretty good he was an actual surgeon, who twice examined Prisoner Number 7 and beyond doubt believe that Number 7 is an imposter. I am very doubtful that it is after this read and if you look further in this case you will see why, with our modern technology what they have found.

All in all an enjoyable and fascinating read but lacks real conviction.

[Deb Lancaster · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nutso conspiracy theory that spawned a couple of investigations. I was mildly convinced until I read online that in January 2019 DNA shows that prisoner number 7 was Hess. So that's that. Nazi goes mental and does weird shit. Plus ca change. Good read though

[Bobby Daugherty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent investigation of the case of Hess, but some of the information is contradicted by other sources close to the affair that had similar motivations.

[Robert LoCicero · Rating 4 out of 5]

You want a real mystery to think about. This effort at uncovering one of the great mysteries of World War II desires your attention. Nowadays we think little of history but many of us are concerned with the hidden policies of our government and other governments at work today. Reading about the possibility of a Hess double makes for interesting reading and shows the possible duplicity of our closest wartime ally, England.

[Mark C. Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book with interesting proposals and theories. True? I don't know, but if so, what a wonderful achievement on the behalf of the German military.

I once worked with a man who spent some time at Spandau as a US military advisor, and said that he saw the "Hess prisoner" many times, and in his humble opinion, it was the real Hess.

either way, a good and interesting mind tingling read.

[Rae · Rating 3 out of 5]

Based on apparent discrepancies in a routine medical examination of Rudolf Hess (being held in Spandau Prison), the author came to the conclusion that the man he examined was not the real Hess, but his double. A fun theory, but not particularly convincing.

[Krista the Krazy Kataloguer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely fascinating! But we'll never know for sure, unless someone invents a time machine, whether the man who flew over to England from Germany was really Hess or not. And was it suicide or murder? Intriguing!

[Trisha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eindelijk uit. Maar vrij veel vragen en onduidelijkheden blijven achter.